(p. 22) anatibilambē not long after, without much delay, before long; shortly, soon. 50)

(p. 24) anabalamba, anabalambana having no prop or support; having nothing to fall back on; having no refuge. 40)

(p. 26) anambara having no cover; bare; naked. n. the sky; a Buddhist community. 14)

(p. 26) anārambha non-commencement. 74)

(p. 36) anulamba altitudinal; vertical. 17)

(p. 38) antḥpura a zenana. a gynaeceum, a harem; the inner portion of a dwelling-house. ̃চারী a. & n. one who keeps to the zenana. fem. ˜চারিণী । ̃রক্ষক n. a guard of the zenana. (cp.) Lord of the bed-chamber. অন্তঃপুরিকা n. a woman who keeps to the zenana. ̃বাসিনী a. fem. keeping constantly to the zenana. mas. ̃বাসী । 33)

(p. 53) abataraṇa going or coming downwards, descending, descent; alighting or climbing down or dismounting; getting out of a vehicle; disembarkment; (of birds etc.) flying down to or towards the ground; stepping down (from position etc.); relegation to a lower class, position, status etc.; degradation. অবতরণ করা v. to come or go downwards, to get down, to descend; to alight, to climb down, to dismount; to get out of any vehicle, to disembark; (of birds etc.) to fly down to or towards the ground; to step down (from a position, etc.); to be relegated to a lower class. অবতরণিকা n. (of books etc.) a preface, an introduction, a preamble, a prologue, a prelude; a flight of steps, a staircase; a ladder, an escalator. 24)

(p. 56) abalamba a support, a prop. a. hanging or suspended vertically. ̃ন n. having recourse to for support, maintenance, help, shelter etc.; accepting or adopting (সন্ন্যাসাবলম্বন); holding oneself in (ধৈর্যাবলম্বন); acceptance, adoption; a support; a prop; a help; a means for maintenance or accomplishing something. অবলম্বন করা v. to have recourse to for support, maintenance, help, shelter etc.; to resort to; to accept, to take, to take upon; to adopt. ̃হীন a. without a shelter or help; without a means for maintenance. অবলম্বিত a. resorted to for support, maintenance, help, shelter etc., accepted, adopted; hanging or suspended vertically. অবলম্বী a. resorting to (something or somebody) for support, maintenance, help, shelter etc.; one who has accepted or taken upon oneself or adopted; hanging or suspended vertically. 10)

(p. 56) abilamba absence of delay; promptness, briskness, alacrity, quickness. a. prompt, brisk, quick, immediate. অবিলম্বিত a. not delayed, undelayed; not deferred; done promptly. অবিলম্বে adv. without delay; promptly, quickly, in no time; immediately. 118)

(p. 56) abisambāda absence of hostility or opposition or dispute; amity; amicability; unanimity, unity. অবিসংবাদিত a. undisputed, unchallenged; unquestionable; unanimous. অবিসংবাদিতরূপে adv. undisputedly; unanimously. অবিসংবাদিত সত্য undisputed truth; universal truth. অবিসংবাদী a. not opposing or contrary; indisputable. অবিসংবাদে adv. unopposedly; without dispute or hostility; amicably; unanimously; peacefully. 129)

(p. 62) abēṇībaddha, abēṇīsambaddha unplaited, untressed (অবেণীবদ্ধ কেশ). 14)

(p. 63) abhi denoting: front, approach, proximity, onward direction, spaciousness, ambi-, circum-, peri-, pro-, towards, to-. 44)

(p. 63) abhilamba (phys.) normal. 119)

(p. 71) amiẏa, amiẏā (poet.) nectar, ambrosia. a. as sweet or delicious as nectar, ambrosial (অমিয় বাণী). 18)

(p. 72) amṛta nectar, ambrosia, amrita; extremely sweet or delicious or invigorating food; a god (অমৃতের পুত্র); the abode of gods, heaven. a. nectarlike; extremely sweet or delicious or invigorating; ambrosial; immortal. ̃কল্প a. nectarlike, nectarine; ambrosial. ̃কুণ্ড n. the spring or well of nectar; a container of life-giving or invigorating element. ̃কুম্ভ n. the pitcher containing nectar. ̃তুল্য a. same as ̃কল্প । ̃ধারা n. a stream of nectar; an ambrosial stream. ̃নিস্যন্দী, ̃নিষ্যন্দী a. exuding or oozing nectar. ̃ফল n. the mango. ̃বর্ষী a. that which showers nectar. ̃বল্লী n. a medicinal plant. ̃বিন্দু n. a drop of nectar. ̃ভাষী a. one whose words are as sweet or delicious or invigorating as nectar; fair-spoken. ̃ময় a. full of nectar; extremely sweet or delicious or invigorating. ̃লোক n. the abode of the immortals, heaven. ̃স্রাবী a. same as ̃নিস্যন্দী । 9)

(p. 72) ambara the sky, the firmament; cloth, loincloth (পীতাম্বর); ambergris. অম্বরী n. a piece of loincloth to be worn by women, a sari; tobacco perfumed with ambergris. a. perfumed with ambergris. 19)

(p. 72) ambala a kind of sour broth taken as table-delicacy; (path.) acidity caused by indigestion, waterbrash. 20)

(p. 72) ambā, ambālikā, ambikā mother; mother Goddess Durga. অম্বিকানাথ n. God Shiva. 21)

(p. 72) ambu water. ̃জ a. water-born. n. the lotus; conch. ̃জা n. fem. Goddess Lakshmi. ̃দ a. that which gives or supplies water. n. the cloud. ̃ধি, ̃নিধি n. the ocean; the sea. ̃বাচি, ̃বাচী n. three consecutive days usually of Ashara (আষাঢ়) for Hindu widows to fast as religious observance. ̃বাহ, ̃বাহী a. that which or one who carries water, water-carrying. n. the cloud. ̃বিম্ব n. bubble of water. 22)

(p. 72) ambhḥ water. 23)

(p. 72) ambhōja water-born. n. the lotus; conch; the moon. 24)

(p. 72) ambhōda the cloud. 25)

(p. 72) ambhōdhi, ambhōnidhi the ocean, the sea. 26)

(p. 80) aśōka free from grief. n. a kind of flower or its tree, the flamboyant; the great Maurya emperor of India. ̃কানন n. a flamboyant-grove (esp. one in which Sita in the Ramayana was kept as a captive). ̃চক্র n. the symbolic wheel introduced by King Ashoka illustrating the stages of birth prior to salvation (it is the emblem of the official flag of India). ̃বন n. same as ̃কানন । ̃লিপি n. any of the religious and moral edicts of Ashoka inscribed on stone-pillars, an inscription of Ashoka. ̃স্তম্ভ n. any of the stone-pillars of Ashoka on which his edicts are inscribed, an Ashoka pillar (it is the official emblem of India). 38)

(p. 83) aṣṭa eight. ̃ক n. any collection of eight, an octave; a book containing eight chapters; a verse containing eight couplets. a. eight. ̃আশি see অষ্টাশি । ̃কোণ n. (geom.) an octagon. a. octagonal ̃কোণী a. octagonal. ̃গুণ a. multiplied by eight, eightfold. n. eight times. ̃চত্বারিংশ a. forty-eighth. ̃চত্বারিংশত্ n. & a. forty-eight. ˜চত্বারিংশত্তম a. forty-eighth. fem. ̃চত্বারিংশত্তমী । ̃দিকপাল n. the eight guardian deities of the eight points of the earth. ̃ধা adv. & a. eight times; eightfold; in eight ways. ̃ধাতু n. the eight metals; gold, silver, copper, bronze, bell-metal, zinc, lead and iron. ̃নবতি n. & a. ninety-eight. ˜নবতিতম a. ninety-eighth. fem. ̃নবতিতমী । ̃নাগ n. (myth.) the eight chief snakes. ̃নায়িকা n. the eight minor goddesses; the eight manifestations of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); (lit.) eight moods of the heroine or the sweetheart (namely, going to assignation, expecting her lover to come to her bed-chamber, worried owing to sudden absence of her lover, deceived by her lover, stricken with anger and jealousy on observing on the person of her lover signs indicating that he had been to another woman, feeling miserable for having quarrelled with and sent back her lover, enjoying domineering control over her lover, and separated from her lover as he has gone abroad). ̃পঞ্চাশত্ n. & a. fifty-eight. ˜পঞ্চাশত্তম a. fifty-eighth. fem. ̃পঞ্চাশত্তমী । ̃পাদ a. octopod. n. an octopod; the spider; a mythological octopod said to be even stronger than the lion (cp. octopus, শরভ). ̃প্রহর n. a whole day and night, twenty-four hours, a form of collective religious chanting by the Hindus continuing for twenty-four hours at a stretch. adv. throughout the whole day and night; always; ceaselessly. ̃বজ্র n. the eight infallible weapons of the eight principal gods. ̃বজ্রমিলন n. simultaneous hurling of অষ্টবজ্র,, which causes the destruction of the universe; precipitation of a highly explosive condition. ̃বসু n. the eight demi-gods (see বসু). ̃বিধ a. of eight kinds. ̃ভুজ a. eight-handed, octagonal. n. an octagon. ̃ভুজা a. & n. fem. of অষ্টভুজ । □ n. a manifestation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃ভৈরব n. the eight terrible manifestations of Shiva (শিব). অষ্টম a. eighth. ̃মঙ্গলা n. a manifestation of Durga (দুর্গা); the custom according to which the newly-wed groom comes back to the father-in-law's house with his wife on the eighth day of marriage. অষ্টমবর্ষীয় a. of or in the eighth year; eight years old. অষ্টমবাত্সরিক, অষ্টমবার্ষিক a. of the eighth year. ̃মাংশ n. one-eighth; the eighth part. ̃মী n. fem. the eighth day of either fortnight of a lunar month. a. fem. eighth; eight years old. ̃মূর্তি n. the eight manifestations of Shiva (শিব). ̃রম্ভা n. (pop.) a mere nothing, a hoax, a mare's nest; a fiasco. ̃ষষ্টি n. & a. sixty-eight. ˜ষষ্টিতম a. sixty-eighth. ̃সপ্ততি n. & a. seventy-eight. ˜সপ্ততিতম a. seventy-eighth. ̃সিদ্ধি n. the eight superhuman qualities attainable by ascetical or austere practice. 17)